Resisting the City / Context of Disciplines Response

I found in Wigley’s writing a very interesting claim, that the plan is the ultimate weapon of the architect and with the dismantling of the city into a cluster of information sharing entities the plan has been rendered useless.  If

Resisting the City / Context of Disciplines

The readings this week look at the contemporary structure of the profession, first in Wigley’s Resisting the City and then in Abbott’s Contexts of the Discipline. Wigley looks at the profession of architecture as one constantly in paradox, fighting for its survival in unique ways, addressing architects as comforting